In celebration of its 18th touring season, Winter Harp is delighted to announce that legendary harper/storyteller Patrick Ball will join the ensemble as this year's special guest.
Winter Harp performs in Sechelt on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 2:30 p.m. at Raven's Cry Theatre. Tickets are available at the Sechelt Visitor Centre, Shanti Gifts in Wilson Creek Plaza and Gaia's Fair Trade in Lower Gibsons.
Ball is considered one of the premier wire-strung Celtic harpers and spoken word artists in the world today. He has recorded nine instrumental and three spoken word albums that have sold well over one-half million copies internationally and won national awards. Ball is in constant demand in theatres and at festivals throughout North America, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Ball will join the ensemble as narrator and harper.
"I first saw Patrick perform at the Rogue Folk Club in the 1990s," said Winter Harp director Lori Pappajohn. "He was mesmerizing. Since then I have always hoped to work with him."
Ball will be joining an ensemble known for its many sold-out concerts and standing ovations.
Join this world-class ensemble for a concert of heartwarming carols, songs and stories in celebration of the Christmas and winter season.
The musicians, in medieval attire, perform a hauntingly beautiful collection of music from well-known carols to Celtic, medieval, world and Spanish. Dozens of candles light the stage providing a backdrop for the golden Celtic and classical harps, drums, tambourines, temple bells, flutes and an assortment of rare 12th century instruments.
Rare instruments include the ethereal-sounding bass psaltery (the only one like it in the world), the symphonie (medieval ancestor of the hurdy-gurdy) and the nyckelharpa.
Winter Harp features harpists Janelle Nadeau and Esther Cannon, medieval instrumentalist Joaquin Ayala, percussionist Lauri Lyster, flutist Jeff Pelletier, singer Caroline Markos, and narrator/harper Patrick Ball. The director is Lori Pappajohn.
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